Definition of gelatinous
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: of, relating to, or containing gelatin
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gelatinously
adverb
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The raw fish is served in a sweet-sour kombucha tea and dotted with gelatinous sea grapes, cubes of pickled, tart green apple with dollops of tangy buttermilk spiked with fermented jalapeño and orange chutney.
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The sweet potato starch slurry that is added to the omelet during cooking, along with the oysters, gives the dish a soft and gelatinous texture.
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The three-hour surgery, Ganapathy said, involved painstakingly peeling off and removing layers of a gelatinous tumor shaped like the multiple florets on a head of cauliflower, without disturbing the spinal cord.
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The mounds of bones and other fish parts that seafood processors release into the ocean can carpet the seafloor like a gelatinous goo, suffocating life by depleting oxygen in the water, the agency has said.
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The gravy soaks into the bread, turning the whole thing into a gelatinous dish of addictive deliciousness.
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But Hanzo lost its balance and fell all the way down with room-temperature tuna, stringy salmon and gelatinous eel on a sushi sampler.
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Even before Sport mode is activated, a base S5 is several notches further up the sportiness scale: The suspension is firmer, the steering has acquired a gelatinous quality, and grip levels are even higher.
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The signs are red threads from the tips of the grass blades and pink gelatinous globs.
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First Known Use of gelatinous
1712
GELATINOUS Defined for Kids
Definition of gelatinous for Students
: resembling gelatin or jelly
- The mushrooms had a gelatinous texture.
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